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How green is your car? Soon, it will get a mileage rating

Energy bureau to give star ratings to cars as per fuel efficiency, five stars for over 25.6 km per litre New Delhi, July 18: Your new set of wheels is going to get its stars. In a first of its kind venture, the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) is embarking on a fuel efficiency labelling programme, in which cars will be assigned star-rating according to fuel efficiency. A voluntary start will be made this year. A similar programme of star-ratings is currently on for marking energy saving efficiency in electrical goods like refrigerators.